James Hughes Anderdon

Born: 1790

Died: 1879

Biography

Anderdon was a collector of paintings, prints and autograph letters. Son of John Proctor Anderdon (1760-1846), brother of Thomas Oliver Proctor (1788 - 1856), both also collectors. He compiled four extra-illustrated series now in the British Museum Department of Prints and Drawings: Royal Academy of Arts and Society of Artists exhibition catalogues; Edwards' Anecdotes of Painters and the "Collectanea Biographica". Anderdon compiled a second set of the Royal Academy annual exhibition catalogues covering the period 1769-1850 which he presented to the Royal Academy Library in 1875.